Canada : What It Is, What It Can Be / Roger Martin, James Milway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Roger, author.

Milway, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor productivity--Canada.

Labor productivity.

Competition--Canada.

Competition.

Economic development--Canada.

Economic development.

Economic forecasting--Canada.

Economic forecasting.

Canada--Economic policy.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written in an accessible style that helps general readers understand complex economic concepts, Canada: What It Is, What It Can Be exposes the myths currently guiding our public policy, and provides ground-breaking new approaches for realizing our full prosperity potential.

Contents:

Part One Working More But Not Smarter

Chapter 1: What Are Competitiveness and Prosperity?

Chapter 2: How Much Are We Working for Prosperity?

Chapter 3: How Much Value Are We Creating When We Are Working?

Part Two What Drives Our Productivity and Innovation Performance?

Chapter 4: How Does Where We Live and Work Matter?

Chapter 5: How Do We Compete?

Chapter 6: How Do We Invest?

Part Three Recommendations for Achieving Our Prosperity Potential

Chapter 7: Tax Smarter for Prosperity

Chapter 8: Make Public Policy on Innovation More Innovative

Chapter 9: Strengthen Management Talent

Chapter 10: Bulk Up, Not Hollow Out

Chapter 11: Become a True Trading Nation

Chapter 12: Focus on Poverty, Not Inequality

Chapter 13: Make Canada What It Can Be

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6129-1

1-4426-6128-3

OCLC:

799730113